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BowserCuffs posted...

That's strange considering Tales games usually support empathy where Ayn Rand is directly responsible for the wave of people who treat sociopathy as a philosophy to pursue.

It's understandable that you might think this way never reading a Rand book, but it's a poor summary of her philosophy. Rand is know for taking the standard question in philosophy "Are acts of empathy and altruism ultimately ones of self-interest?" and turning it on it's head: True acts of self interest are by their very nature empathetic and altruistic. I won't pretend I have the ability to break down a book that comes with the warning "team lift" into a gamefaqs post, but the general gist is "Do things for yourself first, take responsibility for your actions and hold those around you accountable to do the same, only then can you and those around you truly reach self-actualization."

All in all, I would say the tales game does a much better job illustrating the theme than the book, and since money isn't involved, it comes off as much less distasteful to it's viewers.
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